7 Desires Jesus Has for You
Brian Fletcher
John 17?
We have just started a series entitled ''Following Jesus in Daily Life'' and last week Andrew took us with Jesus down the road to Emmaus, which was an interaction Jesus had with two disciples after the resurrection.
This week I want us to go to an interaction Jesus has before the resurrection, actually I want us to go back to the night in which Jesus was arrested. In this passage we are going to hear a prayer of Jesus and listen to His heart for the disciples after He has been crucified and raised from the dead.
Read John 17
We believe that Jesus was not only fully man but He was also fully God. And that means that Jesus knows what will happen, He knows that He will be crucified, die and be buried. He also knows that He will be raised to life and then go on to sit at the right hand of God.
Jesus also knows what the disciples will face after all of this takes place and He prays about it in this chapter. Some of the headings in your Bibles will call this ''The High Priestly Prayer'' and that is because Jesus is excercising His priestly role as He intercedes on behalf of His disciples. Jesus is standing between God the Father and the disciples in order to plead for mercy and grace for the disciples as they face the difficult road ahead of them.
Let's take a look at this prayer and see what Jesus desires for His disciples and what it means for us as we follow Jesus in our daily lives. I found 7 Desires in John 17 but before we start with those I want to remind us what Jesus is doing here: JESUS IS PRAYING FOR YOU!
1. Jesus Desires to be with you for Eternity.
Christ' desire is to be with you for eternity, but in order for that to happen, Christ would have to go to the cross first. If there ever was a doubt about whether Christ is for you, then just look at His sacrifice on the cross.
In His prayer Jesus explains that eternal life is knowing God, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom ...
Brian Fletcher
John 17?
We have just started a series entitled ''Following Jesus in Daily Life'' and last week Andrew took us with Jesus down the road to Emmaus, which was an interaction Jesus had with two disciples after the resurrection.
This week I want us to go to an interaction Jesus has before the resurrection, actually I want us to go back to the night in which Jesus was arrested. In this passage we are going to hear a prayer of Jesus and listen to His heart for the disciples after He has been crucified and raised from the dead.
Read John 17
We believe that Jesus was not only fully man but He was also fully God. And that means that Jesus knows what will happen, He knows that He will be crucified, die and be buried. He also knows that He will be raised to life and then go on to sit at the right hand of God.
Jesus also knows what the disciples will face after all of this takes place and He prays about it in this chapter. Some of the headings in your Bibles will call this ''The High Priestly Prayer'' and that is because Jesus is excercising His priestly role as He intercedes on behalf of His disciples. Jesus is standing between God the Father and the disciples in order to plead for mercy and grace for the disciples as they face the difficult road ahead of them.
Let's take a look at this prayer and see what Jesus desires for His disciples and what it means for us as we follow Jesus in our daily lives. I found 7 Desires in John 17 but before we start with those I want to remind us what Jesus is doing here: JESUS IS PRAYING FOR YOU!
1. Jesus Desires to be with you for Eternity.
Christ' desire is to be with you for eternity, but in order for that to happen, Christ would have to go to the cross first. If there ever was a doubt about whether Christ is for you, then just look at His sacrifice on the cross.
In His prayer Jesus explains that eternal life is knowing God, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom ...
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